descensio
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːsˈkẽː.si.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eʃˈʃɛn.si.o]
Noun
dēscēnsiō f (genitive dēscēnsiōnis); third declension
- descent, descending
- Synonyms: dēscēnsus, dēcursiō, dēcursus
- Antonyms: ēscēnsiō, ascēnsiō, inscensio, cōnscēnsiō, cōnscēnsus, ascēnsus, escēnsus
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēscēnsiō | dēscēnsiōnēs |
| genitive | dēscēnsiōnis | dēscēnsiōnum |
| dative | dēscēnsiōnī | dēscēnsiōnibus |
| accusative | dēscēnsiōnem | dēscēnsiōnēs |
| ablative | dēscēnsiōne | dēscēnsiōnibus |
| vocative | dēscēnsiō | dēscēnsiōnēs |
Descendants
- Spanish: descención
References
- “descensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “descensio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- descensio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.